2020 RG6 is an asteroid in the Aten orbit class. Its orbit takes it from 0.42 AU to 1.54 AU from the Sun; one orbit takes 354.8 days. Orbit from the JPL solution of 3 October 2022.
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 1.544 AU
- True anomaly
- 179.29°
- Distance from Earth
- 0.558 AU
- As of
- 2 November 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
In the sky
- Right ascension
- 01h 48m 42s
- Declination
- +14° 30′ 55″
- Constellation
- Aries
- Distance from Earth
- 0.56 AU
- Elongation from the Sun
- 169.21° — near opposition — up most of the night
Visible from both hemispheres.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 0.981 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.5747
- Inclination
- 1.12°
- Orbital period
- 354.8 days
- Perihelion
- 0.417 AU
- Aphelion
- 1.544 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 310.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 266.86°
- Epoch · J2000
- 2461200.5
- Orbit class · ATE
- Aten
- Earth MOID · 4.3 LD
- 0.0111 AU
- Tisserand (Jupiter)
- 6.016
Orbit quality
Orbit very well determined (uncertainty code 2).
- Observations used
- 80
- Data arc
- 748 days
- First observed
- 14 September 2020
- Last observed
- 2 October 2022
- Residual RMS
- 0.49 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 3 October 2022
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.75
Discovery & classification
Close approaches 312 on record
Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2029-11-24 04:10 UTC close approach of 2020 RG6. Catalogue miss distance 186.6 LD · 7.17 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2029-11-21 to 2029-11-27, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.
| When (UTC) | Body | Distance | Lunar distances | Relative speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028-03-17 09:14:00 | Venus | 0.1277 AU | 49.7 LD | 14.9 km/s |
| 2029-11-24 04:10:00 | Earth | 0.4794 AU | 186.6 LD | 13.6 km/s |
| 2030-12-05 14:13:00 | Earth | 0.4036 AU | 157.1 LD | 12.8 km/s |
| 2031-02-24 09:03:00 | Earth | 0.4629 AU | 180.1 LD | 15.9 km/s |
| 2031-12-19 01:05:00 | Earth | 0.29 AU | 112.9 LD | 12.1 km/s |
| 2032-12-26 06:25:00 | Earth | 0.1345 AU | 52.3 LD | 14.3 km/s |
| 2033-12-23 04:55:00 | Earth | 0.0377 AU | 14.7 LD | 19.2 km/s |
| 2034-12-17 00:45:00 | Earth | 0.2097 AU | 81.6 LD | 24.6 km/s |
| 2035-12-10 01:06:00 | Earth | 0.3799 AU | 147.8 LD | 30.2 km/s |
| 2037-02-17 23:20:00 | Venus | 0.0872 AU | 34.0 LD | 17.3 km/s |
Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB